for older weapons that have been sitting in the U.S. arsenal.Posted on 06/18/2012 8:12:23 PM PDT by Ron C.
A U.S. supercomputer has won back the crown in the never-ending battle for the world's most powerful supercomputer. Its victory is the latest milestone marking the steady climb of computing power all across the globe.
The Top500 industry list gave its No. 1 ranking to the Sequoia supercomputer housed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California — a spot earned by Sequoia's ability to crunch 16.32 quadrillion calculations per second (16.32 petaflops/s). Such supercomputing power is used by the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration to simulate nuclear weapons tests for older weapons that have been sitting in the U.S. arsenal.
"Computing platforms like Sequoia help the United States keep its nuclear stockpile safe, secure and effective without the need for underground testing," said Thomas D'Agostino, NNSA administrator.
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LOL - I've been in places like that. Matter of fact, I work in one - maybe not so bad, but bad enough!
LOL - and still giggling about that comment!
This will be a short term victory. Rube Goldberg would highly approve.
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